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Leclerc hails ‘mature' Verstappen rivalry

Sep.29 Charles Leclerc has hailed the civility of his world championship battle with Max Verstappen this year. Last year, Dutchman Verstappen was locked in one of the most intense title battles in F1 history. And given their personal history as boys in karting, many expected that a Verstappen-Leclerc head-to-head could get just as ugly. 'Max and I didn't know at the time that we were going to get into F1,' Ferrari driver Leclerc told DAZN. 'In karting, my biggest rival was probably Max. 'We were less mature, much younger, we took things more personally than we do now. 'Of course when you're in the car, you never leave room for them to pass you or whatever. We do our best to keep each...
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